Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Joan Prentice
Standard Name: Prentice, Joan
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28 March 1589: A child named Sarah Glascock died after six...
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28 March 1589
A child named Sarah Glascock died after six weeks' languishing; despite a persuasive defence, Joan Prentice
was found guilty of bewitching her and sentenced to hang.
Purkiss, Diane. The Witch in History: early modern and twentieth-century representations. Routledge, 1996.
